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The Voice: First Live Show Was Fantastic! And Then There Were 12…

November 8, 2016 by tamaratattles 13 Comments

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By Erica

Wow folks, we’re already to the Live Performances!

This is an entirely odd week for The Voice.  I don’t remember what they did in 2012, but I don’t believe they had the performances and the votes all happen within the same two hours because of the election.  Which leads into my ultimate pet peeve about this episode, it is too similar to the “Twitter Save” where they completely FUCK OVER the West Coast and I am damn bitter about it.  I did vote, but without the benefit of hearing these artists sing live for the first time.  This is also the first time people other than the coaches are making the decisions.  As a West Coast fan,  at 5 PM, I was literally opening the app in a department store so I could vote! I had to base my votes on past performances. I didn’t even have much of a chance to review my past blogs for reference.  I forgot to put my phone on silent and some old biddy gave me the stink eye when the sound bite THIS IS THE VOICE! played loudly from my phone.  Only slightly embarrassing.  

THE ARTISTS

The artists did what I can only describe as a “speed round” of performances with very little biography or background aired.   That part was refreshing.  There was a brief overview at the beginning of each team segment, with the coach talking briefly about each artist, then WHAM BAM, the artists performed with no commentary afterward.  After each team finished, they opened up the voting to the app and to Twitter for a brief time while the next team started performing. There were a few disappointing performances tonight that sent some artists that I liked home. There were a few great performances that made me sit up and take notice. If I had the benefit of experiencing some of the performances, my votes might have been different.  Once again, SONG CHOICE was critical.

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PERFORMANCES OF NOTE FROM ARTISTS WE’LL SEE AGAIN

Christian Cuevas (Team Alicia)  Song: Yesterday (Lennon-McCartney, first recorded by the Beatles)

Christian had me close to tears.  With the first performance it proves why this Twitter voting thing is a disservice to every artist.  Christian did beautifully and memorably tonight – and I didn’t vote for him because I didn’t have the benefit of watching this performance.  Yesterday is one of those seemingly simple songs – but sometimes in art, the simple is the most difficult.  Christian nailed it.

 


Editor’s Note from TT: This was the best performance of the night by miles and you WILL CRY so this video might not be safe for work unless you want to be in a puddle on the floor. It’s that second half, dammit. 

Courtney Harrell (Team Blake)

Song:  It Must Have Been Love (Gessle, recorded by Roxette)

I fucking love her for singing this song. She made it hers.  No one has ever covered this, as far as I know.  But I know every single word because I have played Pretty Woman soundtrack over and over through the years.  Maybe even more than the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, and TRUST ME, that is saying something.  Her notes were so damn pure and beautiful.  I didn’t vote for her, but after that, how could Blake do anything BUT pick her?

Ali Caldwell (Team Miley) Song: Times Have Changed (Irma Thomas)   

I had forgotten that Ali was a four chair turn in the Blinds.  It was this performance that clearly shows why.   It was simply one of those “drop mic and leave the stage moments”.  I can see why the East Coast crowd voted her in.  I simply didn’t because I vowed I’d only vote for three, and was forced to go by more recent past performances. For the record, I voted for Sophia Urista, Darby Walker, and Aaron Gibson on Team Miley.

 


Billy Gilman (Team Adam)

Song:  Cryin’ (Orbison/Melson recorded by Roy Orbison)

No, I’m not Cryin’, but had chills and a lump in my throat during this performance.  He continues to keep in mind the advice given to him early on about how the audience must feel him, feel the effort that he puts into it even though he can make it seem effortless. He  left it all out there on the stage.  He knew he did well at the end, and his reactions going off stage was delightful.

DISAPPOINTING PERFORMANCES THAT SENT PEOPLE HOME

Josh Halverson (Team Alicia)  Song: Cupid (Sam Cooke)

Dear, dear Josh.  I loved him last week and voted for him this week.  But he clearly  misunderstood my words last week, saying he was like Bob Dylan’s grandson. He went too Bob Dylan this week. I admire Dylan as a poet, when I can read his lyrics in the written form or when sung by someone else.  But I could never understand Dylan’s actual singing. Tonight, the captions didn’t even always help when Josh was singing.  Do he have cotton in his mouth?  Lockjaw? Good luck to him,  hopefully this will still give his career a boost.

 


Sophia Arista (Team Miley) 
Song: Da Ya Think I’m Sexy (Rod Stewart)

When I read the results, I was shocked.  But then listening to her performance, I got it.  Great song choice, but she slid into “Cover Band vocalist” mode and her voice took on a Rod Stewart British quality. Back in my more frequent concert going days, I saw Rod in concert (Fucking amazeballs).  This was more of an homage, rather than claiming it as her own.  I think it is what sent her home.

Riley Elmore (Team Adam) Song: Luck Be a Lady Tonight (Loesser,a signature song of Frank Sinatra)

I have enjoyed Riley, but this performance? He became a single man cover band.  He needed to pick something modern and make it his own.  Perhaps something Lady Gaga?  She crosses over into this genre so well. I love her stuff with Tony Bennett, so how about a jazzy version of Poker Face?

 

Note from TT: I liked this better on TV than it comes off on Youtube. Just thought you might like a little quirky fun in your day. This is Darby from Team Miley. 

THE FINAL 12 

Blake: Sundance Head, Courtney Harrell,  Austin Allsup,

Adam: Josh Gallagher, Billy Gilman, Brendan Fletcher

Miley: Ali Caldwell, Darby Walker, Aaron Gibson

Alicia:  We McDonald, Christian Cuevas, Sa’Rayah,

FINAL SUMMARY

I didn’t mention them above but Sundance Head, Austin Allsup and We McDonald continued to kill it, and I expect them to continue to do so in the next month.  I wouldn’t be surprised if they were the final three; however, Sundance and Austin are in danger because they are on the same team and sing similar genres.

Next week the key advisor is GARTH BROOKS!  I am so excited.  This may be amazing! He’s  the King of Modern Country in so many ways, but he is also a master of cover songs, and making them his own. THE FREAKING BEST. His eleven disc set coming out this month is going on my Christmas list for sure.  Garth just likes GOOD MUSIC and sings it well. 

Programming Note:  The Voice won’t be on Monday because of football (GO HAWKS).  The remaining twelve will perform on Tuesday, with the one hour results show airing on Wednesday.

 

 

TT NOTE: This was my second favorite song of the night, and it was right up there with Christian in my book. I may just like Counting Crows too much. I just dug out the CD and cranked it. Banjo is confused. In the six years I’ve had him, I’ve probably played music three times. I did sing to him a lot when he was really sick once. So if I sing along he comes trying to snuggle. And I’m trying to work. 🙂 

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  1. tamaratattles says

    November 8, 2016 at 3:52 pm

    Erica is right. Song choice was more important than ever and there were quite a few bad decisions. Most notably for me Sophia singing Do You Think I’m Sexy? Bad song choice. Bad arrangement. Just bad. You could tell she didn’t like the song. I felt for her.

    I also thought Sundance made a bad song choice, Austin probably beat him in overall votes. But he’s so good, he can survive a less than perfect song choice.

    Best song choice goes to Aaaron Gibson, with Round Here. It was amazing. I don’t think Miley supports him as much as she does the girls. I am not sure she would have saved him if he was not top two. I was glad she saved Darby, she won’t last but I’d like to see her quirk one more time.

    Josh disappointed for all the reason you said. I hated to see him go.

    Christian was the big surprise. I LOVE HIM. Christian, Aaron and Sundance are my favorites. Yes, I prefer the guys.

    Oh and I thought We was underwhelming, I thought Sa ray ah out sang her this week. And didn’t get all the love for Ali.

    Reply
    • Rita says

      November 8, 2016 at 4:42 pm

      We was definitely underwhelming and Ali tends to over sing while Sa’ayre over performs which makes her scream rather than sing. I’m really liking the country guys this year.

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  2. Rita says

    November 8, 2016 at 4:04 pm

    I enjoyed Christian Josh and Sundance for sure. Ali Caldwell was good also. I’ll have to see what the rest of them do next week with better songs hopefully. Strange performances this week so wasn’t surprised with who got cab fare! I am going to miss Miley when she leaves ? She enjoys the performances and is honest without being mean or too cerebral (Alicia ). I wish they would keep the fast format skipping all the silly shit between the coaches and constant sad bios on contestants each week!!! That’s what I believe killed American Idol. Too much unnecessary focus on judges silliness.

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  3. ArchaeologistKate says

    November 8, 2016 at 4:04 pm

    I agree with you it was unfair to us west coasters but gosh it was a good show. I agree with your top three except I might add Josh from Adams team. Yesterday was so good and made me tear up, Cristian is very good. I’m glad Miley saved Darby, I like her unique voice.

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  4. Blahblahblogeh says

    November 8, 2016 at 5:11 pm

    Ha, I am glad to know I’m not the only one who teared up during Christian’s song!

    Loved Ali and Darby’s performances. Sundance and Cristian have my favorite voices!

    The one big disappointment for me was Dana on team Blake. Out of everyone she was one of my favorites with how controlled she would be with her low voice. Song choice was AWFUL for her. So bummed!

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  5. cheychey says

    November 8, 2016 at 6:00 pm

    Haven’t watched yet but it’s on my dvr for tonight. Recap makes me feel like I have. I really like Christian glad to hear he did well. I used to adore Rod Stuart. That was my first concert without the parents. Although I did go with my really cool Aunt. The people behind us were smoking a joint and I had to promise my Aunt I wouldn’t tell my mom she hit it. So much fun.

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    • Erica says

      November 8, 2016 at 10:53 pm

      That is awesome Chey Chey – my first concert without the parents was George Michael for his Faith tour. No pot, but a lot of panty tossing and girl screams.

      My Rod Stewart concert was back when he was still married to Rachel Hunter – the opening act? SANTANA. Those people were the pot smokers. We were on a slopey green field, and the people up hil from us kept letting their kids roll down the hill, right over our stuff, over and over again.

      I finally body blocked one of the kids and looked him in the eye and through gritted teeth just said Stop, stop this now or you will not like what I will do.

      I had no idea what I was going to do. But it worked.

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  6. tamaratattles says

    November 8, 2016 at 7:58 pm

    I’d like to see D’Arby sing a morose song, like anything off of Sinead O’Connor’s “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got” album. I like her “Miley Mini Me” thing, but I want to see her do something else.

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    • Erica says

      November 8, 2016 at 10:54 pm

      Was Nothing Compares 2 U on that album? I could hear her sing that.

      Reply
  7. Jane says

    November 8, 2016 at 9:11 pm

    Honestly, I think Yesterday and Norwegian Wood are two of the most boring songs ever. Christian Curves injected soul, passion and heartbreak into it, totally transforming it. Most of the finalists deserved the finals. Glad I don’t sing, because the talent needed to succeed is off the chart.

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  8. Jane says

    November 8, 2016 at 9:12 pm

    Cuervos. Damn autocorrect.

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  9. cheychey says

    November 9, 2016 at 8:26 am

    I watched last night. My thoughts are Alicia and Blake have 2 artists and Adam 1 that could win. Unfortunately cause I love her I don’t think Miley’s group have anyone that can beat those 5 best of the other coaches. But my top picks right now are Christian (I did cry for his song I’m such a sentimental p*ss*), and Sundance oh and Courtney.

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  10. tamaratattles says

    November 9, 2016 at 4:49 pm

    I don’t know what I am missing about Courtney. I need to pay more attention to her next time.

    Reply

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